Category: Contenders
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The Contenders 24/25: Dec. Retrospective/Feb. Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Our final…
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Contenders: Final Pre-Nominations Update
For our final update before the Oscar nominations are announced, several films moved on to the next stage. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. We will also take a step in a different direction for our lists at the end. In addition…
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Contender: Evil Does Not Exist (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Evil Does Not Exist was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: International Contender Factor: 29.3 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage…
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Contender: My Old Ass (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. My Old Ass was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 32.7 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Contender: Chicken for Linda! (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Chicken for Linda! was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Type of Contender: Animation Contender Factor: 31.2 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Contender: Love Lies Bleeding (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Love Lies Bleeding was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 33.1 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Contender: Ghostlight (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Ghostlight was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 35.7 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree…
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Contender: Exhibiting Forgiveness (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Exhibiting Forgiveness was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 34.7 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Contender: Femme (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Femme was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 32.1 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree…
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Contender: The Idea of You (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. The Idea of You was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: out of 40 (Stage 2 of 5 complete) Stage 1…